page_title: Once Upon a Time (TV series)
section_title: Filming
hierarchical_section_title: Once Upon a Time (TV series) / Development and production / Filming
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context_page_description: Once Upon a Time is an American fantasy adventure drama television series that aired in seven seasons on ABC from October 23, 2011 to May 18, 2018. The action alternates between two main settings: a fantastical world where fairy tales happen; and a seaside town in Maine. The "real-world" part of the story unfolds with the characters of Emma Swan and her 10-year-old son, Henry Mills, as protagonists. Henry discovers the other inhabitants of the town are fairy-tale characters; and the audience is shown the backstory of the town's inhabitants as fairy-tale characters, in conjunction with their unfolding stories in the "real-world". In the seventh and final season the "real-world" portion of the story takes place in Seattle, Washington, with a new main narrative led by adult Henry, and his wife and daughter.
  Most of the show's characters are extracted from famous fairy-tales of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, and popular Western literature, folklore, Arthurian legend, and Greek mythology, as well as original Disney characters from The Walt Disney Company.
context_section_description: Principal photography for the series takes place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Steveston Village in the adjacent city of Richmond doubles as Storybrooke for the series, with props and exterior sets disguising the existing businesses and buildings. During filming, all brightly colored objects (flowers, etc.) are hidden to reinforce the story village's spell-subdued character. Certain sets are additionally filmed in separate studios, including the interior of Mr. Gold's pawn shop and the clock tower, which are not found in Steveston. Downtown Vancouver mostly doubles as other major cities such as New York City and Boston.
caption: Steveston, BC doubles as the town of Storybrooke, Maine.
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